Shani Mootoo was born in Dublin, Ireland, grew up in Trinidad, and moved to Canada more than thirty years ago. She is a visual artist, video maker, and fiction writer. Mootoo’s novels are Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab (Doubleday, 2014), Valmiki’s Daughter (Anansi, 2008), He … Continue reading →

Emily Donaldson is a freelance editor and longtime book reviewer who writes for major Canadian newspapers and a number of other publications. She is also the editor of the literary and cultural quarterly Canadian Notes & Queries. Born and raised … Continue reading →

Sarah Murdoch writes the Toronto Star’s Arrivals column, featuring new and noteworthy books. Before joining the Star, she was managing editor of the features section for the National Post, where the Books section was one of her responsibilities; the associate … Continue reading →

Savanna Scott Leslie: For 2014, the reviews of yours that we counted across three publications—the Winnipeg Free Press, Lemon Hound, and THIS Magazine—put you at number 13 in our list of the most prolific reviewers in Canada. You also write, … Continue reading →

Hiromi Goto is the acclaimed author of the novels Chorus of Mushrooms, The Kappa Child, The Water of Possibility, Half World, and Darkest Light, as well as the short story collection Hopeful Monsters. She is also the co-author of Wait … Continue reading →

By Savanna Scott Leslie SSL: Your novel, She of the Mountains, is both a love story about a queer Indian man and a first-person account of the goddess Parvati’s relationship with her husband, Shiva, and their son, Ganesha. These two narratives … Continue reading →

CWILA (Canadian Women in the Literary Arts) invites applications to join the interviews editing team. All interviews editors work on a volunteer basis, and the time commitment is roughly 5-10 hours a month. CWILA is an inclusive national literary organization … Continue reading →

By Joanne Arnott In 2008, PEN Canada created a tour, Words Without Borders, to reach beyond its usual geographies by partnering with a range of local literary organizations. The tour showcased a number of exiled writers living and working in … Continue reading →

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